Quote by Steven D. Levitt Download Open image ““A rogue economist explores the hidden side of everything.”” — Steven D. Levitt ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“[Economics] is all about observing the world with genuine curiosity and admitting that it is full of mysteries” — Steven E. Landsburg Copy Share Image
“I didn't want to spend any more time inside the mind of an economist. It was dark and disturbing.” — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
“There is nothing as dangerous as an economist who only knows economics except the moral philosopher who knows no economics.” — Peter Boettke Copy Share Image
“economics was largely a form of intellectual prostitution where you got rewarded for saying what the powers that be wanted to hear.” — Max Tegmark Copy Share Image
“There is no escaping economics. Everything reverts to spectacle and exploitation. In this gigantic spectacle, the bourgeoisie directs the spectacle of the proletariat, but… — Guy Hocquenghem Copy Share Image
“It was the oddest of political prejudices that wealth didn’t come from work, but rather from something else, a something never really described, but… — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“I am not an economist, but things are not as bad as they seem. I have a great deal of confidence in our future.” — Walt Elias Disney Copy Share Image
“The affluent world is even more deeply identified with form, more lost in content, more trapped in ego.” — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“How can I be secure? (Pause.) Through amassing wealth beyond all measure? No. And what’s beyond measure? That’s a sickness. That’s a trap. There… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
“Robert Owen’s was a true insight: market economy if left to evolve according to its own laws would create great and permanent evils.” — Karl Polanyi Copy Share Image
“Wouldn't economics make a lot more sense if it were based on how people actually behave, instead of how they should behave?” — Dan Ariely Copy Share Image
“Here is the broader point: whatever problem you're trying to solve, make sure you're not just attacking the noisy part of the problem that… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Human beings, for all our accomplishments, can be fragile animals. Most of us don't take criticism well at all.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The ECLS data do show, for instance, that a child with a lot of books in his home tends to test higher than a… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“In a complex world where people can be atypical in an infinite number of ways, there is great value in discovering the baseline. And… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Morning robberies yield far more than afternoon robberies . . .' - When to Rob a Bank: A Rouge Economist's Guide to the World… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The more complex a problem is, the harder it is to capture good feedback. You can gather a lot of facts, and that may… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“[...]if you are hoping to damage opponents' mental health, go ahead and tell them how inferior or dim-witted or nasty they are. But even… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“If asked how we'd behave in a situation that pits a private benefit against the greater good, most of us won't admit to favoring… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“The impulse to investigate can only be set free if you stop pretending to know answers that you don't. Because the incentives to pretend… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“From 2002 to 2008, the United States was fighting bloody wars in Afghanistan and Iraq; among active military personnel, there were an average 1,643… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“But if you are hell-bent on persuading someone, or if your back is truly against the wall, you might as well give it your… — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
“Just because you're great at something doesn't mean you're good at everything.” — Steven D. Levitt Copy Share Image
